"EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported"

Question

I am on ubuntu 12.10.

Every time that I try to open gedit on root this appears:

(gedit:3254): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

** (gedit:3254): WARNING **: Could not connect to session bus

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 20 '13 at 15:56

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Use gksudo for this:

gksudo gedit

That should do the trick.

edited Jan 20 '13 at 15:56

Eliah Kagan

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answered Jan 20 '13 at 15:33

leorize

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score -4 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 18 '13 at 11:23

-4

I had the same issue. Resolved with the following command

sudo gedit &

edited Aug 18 '13 at 11:23

guntbert

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answered Aug 18 '13 at 11:01

Ancy Sherin Jose

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"EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported"

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